
Apparently the network got so much angry email from viewers that they immediately went back into production, and launched what is now considered the “second half” of season one that September. It ran for ten weeks, then ended with an enormous game-changing cliff-hanger… and Danish fans were outraged that they’d have to wait ten months for the next season to solve this mystery.

It began in January of 2007 in Denmark, and quickly became the most popular TV show on the air. This is what most of the outraged US fans might be most interested to learn. What is now known as Forbrydelsen season one, was originally going to be broadcast as two seasons. So I was probably always the wrong audience for The Killing.īut here are some side-by-side comparisons, and some general thoughts:ġ. Also, I live in Seattle, where The Killing takes place, but wasn’t filmed. Titles like Lowlife and Criminal chronicle the lawbreakers while his work on books like Gotham Central chronicled the cops.įair warning-this match-up will likely be unfair, because Forbrydelsen (the Danish show that AMC’s The Killing is based on) is my favorite cop show since The Wire.

Eisner Award winner Ed Brubaker writes the monthly adventures of Captain America, but he also has written some of the best crime comics of recent years.
